402 YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING. 



fully spotted with rust : middle of the belly white : 

 middle feathers of the tail brown ; exterior white, 

 each feather truncated obliquely." 



This bird is said to keep very close to the 

 ground, seldom rising more than a foot from it: 

 it is an inhabitant of North America, and frequents 

 the Red Cedars. 



YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING. 

 (Emberiza aureola. ) 



E. rufr a subtus Jiava, fascia pectorali transversa ferruginea, ver- 

 tice gents gulaque nigris. 



Itufous Bunting, beneath yellow, with a transverse ferruginous 

 band on the breast ; crown, cheeks, and throat black. 



Emberiza aureola. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 875. — Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 1.414.53. 



Yellow-breasted Bunting. Lath. Gen. Syn. 3. 201. 4(5.— Pen- 

 Brit. Zool. 2. 366. a. 



The Yellow-breasted Bunting has a pale trans- 

 parent beak, the edge of which is blackish : fore- 

 head and crown blackish, the latter palest : back 

 of the head, nape, and between the wings, rufous ; 

 the feathers edged with grey at their tips : back 

 and rump the same, but more hoary, and some 

 of the shafts spotted with black : cheeks and 

 throat black : breast and belly yellow ; with a 

 ferruginous crescent across the latter : scapulars 

 white : secondary wing-coverts rufous on the outer 



